ADB Asian Development Bank

ALMP Active Labour Market Programme

ASAN State Agency for Public Service

AZN Azerbaijan manat (currency)

AzNQF Azerbaijan National Qualifications Framework

EaP Eastern Partnership

ETF European Training Foundation

EU European Union

EUR Euro

GDP Gross Domestic Product

HEI Higher Education Institutions

ICT Information and Communications Technology

IDPs Internally Displaced Persons

ILO International Labour Organization

ISCED International Standard Classification of Education

LLL Lifelong Learning

LMO Labour Market Observatory

MoE Ministry of Education

MLSPP Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population

NEET Not in Education, Employment or Training

NGO Non-Governmental Organisation

OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PIRLS Progress in International Reading Literacy Study

PISA Programme for International Student Assessment

R&D Research and Development

SABER Systems Approach for Better Education Results

SAVE State Agency for Vocational Education

SES State Employment Service

SME Small and Medium-sized Enterprise

SSC State Statistical Committee

UIS UNESCO Institute for Statistics

UN United Nations

UNDP United Nations Development Programme

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

VET Vocational Education and Training

VNFIL Validation of Non-Formal and Informal Learning

WBL Work-Based Learning

WEF World Economic Forum